Empire of Death
Empire of Death is a BBC Books original novel written by David Bishop and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.
Author | David Bishop |
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Series | Doctor Who book: Past Doctor Adventures |
Release number | 65 |
Subject | Featuring: Fifth Doctor Nyssa |
Set in | Period between Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity |
Publisher | BBC Books |
Publication date | March 2004 |
Pages | 283 |
ISBN | 0-563-48612-0 |
Preceded by | Scream of the Shalka |
Followed by | The Eleventh Tiger |
Synopsis
In 1863, Queen Victoria is insensate with grief after losing her husband, Prince Albert. A secret seance is planned. Concurrently, The Doctor and Nyssa are dealing with the death of their good friend, Adric. They are surprised when they are seemingly visited by the ghost of their dead friend. Everything, plus the secrets of a guarded, drowned village come together.
gollark: oh no.
gollark: Yes, I think that's mostly a problem if you're directly comparing secret values of some sort, and not really for hashes.
gollark: > ah so add like a random delay before it returns, or something?... no, they could filter that out using magic, you need a constant time comparison thing.
gollark: Sorry, the two input hashes.
gollark: If they put in one thing, and observe that it takes slightly longer, then that implies that more of the characters in the ~~password~~ one secret value versus the other match at the start.
External links
- The Cloister Library - Empire of Death
- Empire of Death title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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